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Autore |
Mintzberg Henry |
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Titolo |
Rebalancing society : radical renewal beyond left, right, and center / / Henry Mintzberg |
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San Francisco : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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1-62656-319-5 |
1-62656-318-7 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (215 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Corporate state |
Democracy |
Capitalism - Social aspects |
Civil society |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; The Basic Point; 1 The Triumph of Imbalance; America's Long March Toward Imbalance: 1789-1989; The End of Thinking: 1989-___?; Over the Edge: From 1989; From Market Economy to Corporate Society; Not Only in America; A Rant Against Imbalance, Not Business; 2 From Exploiting Resources to Exploring Our Resourcefulness; A World That Exploits Its Resources; A World That Explores Our Resourcefulness; 3 Three Pillars to Support a Balanced Society; The Consequences of Left and Right; Public, Private, and Plural Sectors |
Welcome to the Plural SectorThe Fall (and Rise?) of the Plural Sector; Beyond Crude, Crass, and Closed; Is a Balanced Society Even Possible?; 4 Radical Renewal; Lofty Ideals and Lowly Deals; Not Governments, Not Now; Don't Expect Miracles from CSR; Look to Plural Sector Movements and Initiatives; Immediate Reversals; Widespread Regeneration; Consequential Reforms; Toward Balanced Democracy; Hope Ahead?; 5 You, Me, and We in This Troubled World; Opening Our Eyes; Getting It; The Irene Question; Living the Decent Life; Changing the World Over Again; Appendix: Boiling in Our Own Water |
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ReferencesIndex; Notes; About This Endeavor; Footnote; About This Endeavor |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Our world is out of balance, says Henry Mintzberg, and the consequences are proving fateful: the degradation of our environment, the demise of our democracies, and the denigration of ourselves, with greed having been raised to some sort of high calling. But we can set things right.Mintzberg argues that a healthy society is built on three balanced pillars: a public sector of respected governments, a private sector of responsible enterprises, and what he calls a plural sector of robust voluntary associations (nonprofits, NGOs, etc.). Communism collapsed because the public sector was overbearing- |
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